Railroad-rail and support.



w. e. COUGHLIN. RAILROAD RAIL AND SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-23,1916.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918 WILLIAM G. COUGI-ILIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-RAIL AND SUPPORT.

neeonso.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed September 23, 1916. Serial No. 121,822.

economical than those now commonly used Another object is to provide a rail support having a large base which will protect the wooden ties and obviate the necessity of using tie plates. The invention will be more fully understood on reading the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side view of a rail having a continuous supporting member sometimes termed a compound rail;

Fig. 2 is a side view of a section of track. showing the same supporting member for the rail used in short sections as chairs and splice bars;

Fig. 3 is a cross section of a rail showing the rail support in-end view; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing a slightly different form of rail and a slightly different form of rail support.

Referring to the drawings, 10 indicates a double headed rail, the heads being connected by an intervening web 11 which is centrally perforated to receive the bolts 12. The rail is symmetrical and each head has inwardly converging inclines 13 on its under surfaces while the web, adjacent each head, has outwardly converging inclines 14. I may use a single headed rail 15, as shown for instance in Fig. 4, in which there is a central depending flange or web 16 having transverse holes for the usual bolts 12. In such case the inclines 13 and 14 form seats for the rail supports to be presently described.

Referring again to Fig. 3, the rail support comprises two upwardly and inwardly inclined webs 20, 21, having at their upper surfaces inclines 22, 23, conforming respectively to the inclines 13. 14, of the rail and having between the inclines 22, 23, recesses 24 which prevent contact between the rail support and the rail at the angle between the inclines. The contact is thus confined which shall be more sub-.

to the inclined surfaces which operate with a wedging action to grip the rail very tightly at and beneath its head. The surfaces 13, 22, are quite large and the head is thus amply supported without tendency to crush. As shown in Fig. 3 the web member 20 is integral with a broad base 25, the web member joining the base about midway between its center and outer edge. The web member 21 is separate from the base and provided with a foot 26 having an inwardly projecting horizontal portion 27 which rests upon a like portion of the base and having an outwardly and upwardly projecting portion 28 which rests upon the corresponding incline surface 29 of the base. The surface 29 is approximately parallel with the surface 22 at the upper end of the web member and the web member may be readily separated from the rail and base, or assembled therewith. The foot 26 is secured to the base by means of bolts 30 and the web members are clamped to the rail by the bolts 12 which have hearings on vertical portions of the web members of the support. The integral web member 20 is preferably used as the outer member, that is, the member farthest from the center of the track and the upper edge of this web member is provided with a stout flange 31 adjacent the incline 22, which flange fits against and supports the outer face of the head of the rail. This is especially important on curves as there is a considerable outward thrust due to the centrifugal force acting upon passing trains.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4, both webs of the rail support 32, 33, are integral with the base 34 and meet the base nearly midway between its center and its outer edges. In other respects, the support shown in Fig. 4 is the same as that shown in Fig. 3 and the same reference characters apply. In both forms of support it is preferable to supply drainage openings 35, as indicated by dotted lines.

As shown in Fig. 1, the rail support is I chairs, and mounted on single ties, or

splice bars supported on two or more ties and carrying the rails at their joints. This of course isa cheaper construction than that support shown in Fig. 4:, the rail' may be Gop'ics of this patent'may be obtained for'nve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner assembled with the support by sliding it lengthwise into position or by springing the web members apart. In the form shown in 10 Fig. 2, either'form of rail may be mounted in the support'by taking off and replacing the removable web member.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is :7

1. The comblnation wlth a rail havlng a head provided with downwardly converging inclined under surfaces and a web provided with upwardly converging inclined surfaces,

of a rail support having a base adapted'to rest upon a tie and upwardly converging webs on opposite sides of the rail, said webs having pairs of inclines corresponding to the pairs of inclines of the rail and adapted to seat thereon with a wedging action, one of the web members having a longitudinal recess between the inclines, whereby the rail contacts solely with the inclined surfaces of said web'member.

2. The combination with a rail having a head provided with downwardly converging inclined under surfaces and a web'provided with upwardly converging inclined surfaces, of a rail support having a base adapted to rest upon a tie and upwardly converging webs on opposite sides of the rail, said webs having pairs of inclines corresponding to the pairs of inclines of the rail and adapted V to seat thereon with a wedging action, one

of the web members having a longitudinal head provided with downwardly converging inclined surfaces-and a web provided withupwardly converging inclined surfaces, of a rail support having a base adapted to rest upon a tie'and'upwardly converging; webs onopposite-sides 0f the rail, said webs hav ing pairs of inclines corresponding to the pairs of inclines on the rail andadapted to seat thereon with a wedging action, the web members having also longitudinal recesses between the pairs of inclines wherebythe rail contacts solely faces of the support.

.with the inclined sur- 4. The combination with a rail having a head-and a central depending web the head having downwardly converging under surfaces and the web having adjacent upwardly converging surfaces, of a rail chair or support comprising a base adapted to rest upon the cross tie and upwardly and inwardly inclined webs rising 1 from the base midway between the middle and side edges thereof, said web members having at 7 their upper portions pairs of inclines corresponding to and fitting the inclines of the head and web of the rail, and a bolt for securing said web members to the rail, one of said web members being integral with the base and the-other web member being separate from the base and provided with means for securely'connecting it to the base.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

'VVILLIAM Gr. COUGHLIN.

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